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By Diana L. Eck

This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the cover. The pages are yellowed, but are clear of all markings.
"The September 11, 2001, catastrophe brought to the United States a new consciousness of the transformation of American society that is the subject of this book. During the lazy summer months of 2001, as I spoke about a new religious America to audiences across the country, I found many people still surprised to learn about America's new religious diversity and relatively challenged to think about what this diversity means for America. Muslim voter registration drives? Hindu temples being built in the suburbs? Turbaned Sikhs going to court over job discrimination? These were relatively new considerations for most of us...." - Preface: After September 11 from A New Religious America: How a "Christian Country" Has Become the World's Most Religiously Diverse Nation

By Marcus J. Crossan and John Dominic Borg

This book is in very good condition. There is some wear on the dust jacket. There is little to no wear on the cover boards. The pages are crisp, white and clear of any markings.
"This book is about the last week of Jesus's life. It is a week of extraordinary importance for Christians. With it's climax on Good Friday and Easter, it is "Holy Week," The most sacred time of the Christian year. And because of its centrality for the lives of Christians, how this story is told matters greatly. What was the last week of Jesus's life about? And because this story is seen as revelatory, as speaking to us today, what is it about? - Preface: The First Passion Of Jesus from The Last Week: A Day-by-Day Account of Jesus's Final Week in Jerusalem

By Geoge Egerton

"This is only the second time I have been asked to write a preference for a Canadian publication, and both have been in many places highly critical of the church in which I live and work. In the first case, the criticism was directed at the House of Bishops, a body of which I am the senior active member and president. In this case, criticism is directed at the Anglican Church of Canada more generally, but the same principle applies...." - Preface: Speaking The Truth In Love by The Most Reverend a Michael G. Peers, Primate Of All Canada from Anglican Essentials: Reclaiming Faith Within The Anglican Church Of Canada

By Marie Collins and Virginia Davis

This book is in very good condition. There are several tears on the dust jacket, but it still is in good condition. The cover boards have little to no wear on the front,back,spine and edges of the cover boards. The pages are crisp, white and clear of any markings.
" The later middle ages were an exciting and vibrant period – merchants traveled from the east with exotic spices in rich silks, artists developed theories of perspective and exploited new approaches to drawing and painting, and Norma Slate innovative and elaborate buildings were designed and built, universities were expanding, and many other cultural developments came thick and fast. This is not to disguise the fact that there were many unpleasant aspects to life; it could certainly be 'nasty, brutish and short', but the middle ages or not, anymore than any other., A time of unalloyed misery and repression...." - Introduction: The Natural Cycle from A Medieval Book of Seasons

This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover. The pages are white, crisp and clear of any markings.
"Wherefore, it is an abridgment of the record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites - Written to the Lamanites, who are a remnant of the house of Israel; and also to Jew and Gentile - Written by way of commandment, and also by the spirit of prophecy and of revelation - Written and sealed up, and hid up unto the Lord, that they might not be destroyed - To ecome forth by the gift and power of God unto the interpretation thereof - sealed by the hand of Moroni, and hid up unto the Lord, to come forth in due time by way of the Gentile - The interpretation thereof by the gift of God...." First paragraph from The Book Of Mormon: The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

This book is in good condition. Ther is some wear to the front, back, spine and edges of the soft cover. There is some writing on the back end page. The pages are yellowed and tanned but clear of any markings.

This book is in fair condition. There is some wear to the front, back, spine, and edges of the cover boards. The corner of the cover boards are bumped. There is a dedication written on the presented to front page. The pages are yellowed and tanned but clear of any markings.
"Readers of the Bible have invariably found difficulty in properly pronouncing the names of individuals, titles, etc. It's difficulty will not be experienced in reading this edition of the New Testament. All proper names have been divided into syllables by using a hyphen (-) placing the accent mark (') on the syllable where it belongs. Marks similar to those in ordinary use indicate what sounds vowels and consonants should receive insuring correct pronunciation...." - How To Pronounce Scriptural Names from The New Testament Of Our Lord And Saviour Jesus Christ The Authorized King James Version

By Roger Sherman Loomis and Donald Lemen Clark (Editors)

This book is in good condition. There is some wear to the front, back, spine, and edges of the cover boards. The corner of the cover boards are bumped. There is a stamp of the library on the inside of the front cover board. The pages are yellowed and tanned but clear of any markings.
"In this third edition of Modern English Readings, as in the original edition, three aims have guided the selection; (1) The teaching of correct in vital expression through study of models. (2) The quickening of the student's interest in literature by giving him some of the best fiction, drama, essays, biography, and poetry of the last hundred years to read attentively and enjoy. (3) An introduction to those modern problems which, if left unsolved or if wrongly solved, mean individual misery and social and national disaster...." - Preface from Modern English Readings

By R. S. Yeoman

This book is in good condition. There is some wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. The corners are bumped. The pages are yellowed and tanned but clear of any markings.
"Coin values listed in the Guide Book are averaged from data supplied by contributors several months before publication. The client market is so active in some categories that values can easily change during this period. Prices are shown as a guide and are not intended to serve as a price-list for any dealer's stock. Prices rise because: 1. The trend of our economy is inflationary. 2. The number I've collectors is increasing rapidly, while cleaning supplies remain stationary. 3. Dealers can pro cure their stock of clans only from collectors or other dealers, who expect a profit over and above what they originally paid...." The Purpose Of This Book from The Red Book Of United States Coins 1966 A Guide Book of United States Coins: 19th Revised Edition Fully Illustrated Catalog and Price List - 1616 to Date

This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. The corners are not bumped. The pages are crisp, white and clear of any markings.
"What you have in your hands right now is a supernatural book. The words of this book – the Bible – are not merely human words. Instead, these are God's own words, His own personal revelation of Himself to us. Here in the Bible we encounter God and come to know His amazing love for us.
It is no wonder that the Bible is as relevant today as when it first was written. It is the most popular book in human history, and through the centuries millions have risked their lives to have their own Bible. Only a supernatural book could survive the countless attempts to destroy it...." - What The Bible Is All About from The Holy Bible: English Standard Version
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By Massey Hamilton Shepherd, Jr.

This book is in very good condition. There is some wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. The corners are bumped.The previous owners name and motto is written on the inside of the front cover board and on the front end page. The pages are yellowed and tanning. There are no markings on the pages.
"The material in these pages, with the a few exceptions, Has appeared thenpast two years in a column in The Witness. My aim has been to point out and interpret some of the principal themes of our liturgical heritage and to suggest ways and means of making them more 'understanded of the people....'" - Preface from The Living Liturgy

By Louis A. Leslie

This book is in good condition. There is some wear and discoloring on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. The corners are bumped. The pages are yellowed and tanned. There are no markings on the pages.
"Because this volume represents a new idea in dictionaries, an explanation of its purpose may be helpful. In nine cases out of ten when you go to the dictionary it is to find how to spell a word or how to divide it at the end of the line. If you do want to uncover some of the finer shades of meaning, usually only the unabridged dictionary will answer...." - Foreword from 20,000 Words: Dictionary, Spelling, Divided, Accented, Reference, 20,000

By The Pilgrim Press

This book is in good condition. There is a large amount of wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. There is a large amount of bumping on the corners. The fabric is torn on several places on the edges of the cover boards. The previous owners name is written on the inside of the front cover board. The front cover board is embossed with the name of thr church to which this hymnal belonged.
"The hymnbook has a central place in the worship of the church. The psalmist invites us to "sing to the Lord a new song." St. Paul urges the churches to praise God "in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs," The Reformation began in a burst of congregational singing. In our worship the people have always taken an active and significant part, and a zeal for corporate worship has featured every period of renewal within Protestantism. Our hymn book, therefore, bears testimony to our concern that worship should be first and foremost an act of prayer and praise to God, understood and entered into by the whole company of the faithful...." - Preface from Pilgrim Hymnal

By Sydney A. Weston

This book is in very good condition. There is some wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. The corners of the cover boards are bumped. The previous owners name is written on the inside of the front cover board. The pages are yellowed and tanned, but free of any markings.
"The Pilgrim Hymnal here published is more than a revision of the Pilgrim Hymnal which for nearly thirty years has been rendering wide and acceptable service to the churches of America. It is an entirely new book. It retains the excellent features of the older work; but in the grouping of hymns, choice of tunes, and building of orders of worship, the editors of the new book have been free to make the best hymnal their judgement and experience can conceive...." - Preface from The Pilgrim Hymnal

By National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States

This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. The pages are white, crisp and clear of all markings.
"The daily obligatory prayers. Are three in number....Th e believer is entirely free to choose any one of these three prayers, but it is under the obligation of reciting one of them, and in accordance with any specific directions with which it may be accompanied...." - from a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi from Baha'i Prayers: A Selection Of Prayers Revealed By Baha'U'Llah, The Bab, And 'Abdu'L-Baha

By H. R. Trevor-Roper

This book is in good condition. There is some wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. There is some bumping on the corners. The lettering on the cover boards is fading. The previous owner has written his name on the inside of the front cover board. The pages are yellowed and tanned, but clear of any markings.
"This book is now twenty-one years old. In these days of continuous research and changing historical fashions, twenty-one years is a long time: a time in which much may happen to a subject, much also to a book and its author. Any author must therefore feel pleasure if his first-born offspring survives to attain its majority. But his pleasure is likely to be tinged with some regret. As he rereads his old work he finds so much that, if he were to write it now for the first time, he would write very differently, but which, once written, he cannot change...." - Preface To The New Edition from Archbishop Laud 1573-1645

By G. P. Fedotov

This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the cover boards and no bumping of the corners. The previous owners name is written on the inside of the front cover board. The pages are yellowing, but clear of any markings.
"Although the present work is an independent whole in itself, it represents the beginning of a series which, it is hoped, will cover the history of the Russian religious mind from the early Kievan period to the present day. This volume is concerned with Kieran Russia, the period extending from the tenth to the thirteenth century...." - Preface from The Russian Religious Mind

By Roy Temple House and Johannesburg Malthaner

This book is in good condition. There's a significant amount of wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. The corners are bumped badly. The previous owners names are written on the inside of the front cover board. There are also markings on the front end page. The pages are tanned and there are pencil markings throughout the pages.
"This collection of short stories is the fruit of an extensive search for profitable modern reading material for second-year students. The twenty-five stories which constitute it are the work of twenty-two different authors (all of them contemporary or nearly so), and offer a wide variety of theme and treatment. For the most part they are agreeably representative of characteristic aspects of German life and character. Only one story, Friedrich, is by a non-German writer. Anglo-Saxon readers may be struck by the sentimental strain in most of these authors; but sentimentality is a characteristic of the German, and we must take him as he is...." - Preface from Helles und Dunkles: An Intermediate German Reader

By Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

This book is in good condition. There is alot of wear on the dust jacket. There is some wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. The previous owners name is written on the inside of the front cover board. The pages are yellowing but are clear of any markings.
"When I was asked if I would be willing to write a book on death and dying, I enthusiastically accepted the challenge. When I actually sat down and began to wonder what I had got myself into, it became a different matter. Where do I begin? What do I include? How much can I say to strangers who are going to read this book, how much can I share from this experience with dying patients? How many things are communicated nonverbally and have to be felt, experienced, seen, and can hardly be translated into words?" - Preface from On Death And Dying

By Kazimierz Michalowski

This book is in very good condition. The dust jacket has some minor wear on the front, back, spine and edges. The pages are dog-eared throughout the book, but they are clear of any markings. The slip case is in good condition and has some wear on the front, back, spine and edges.
"This book requires a few words of explanation by way of introduction; it does not resemble the usual survey of Egyptian art, nor has it the characters of a textbook. It was conceived as the successor to the first volume in third series, Treasures of Prehistoric Art by A. Leroy Gourhan, on which it has been modeled in some respects...." - Foreword from Art Of Ancient Egypt